Peer assessment tutorial

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Rubric: Engagement

Lastly, you will check whether the learner has involved others the while undertaking the activities for the badge or shared what they learned. Some badges require this as part of their criteria. Watch the video, read the text and complete the practice assessments activity below to find out what to look for.

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Slide 1: Title slide

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Slide 2: Video

Last of all, we check to see what the learner has done to involve others in their learning or to contribute to the learning and development of others.

Slide 3: Engagement

This is how the engagement factor appears in our rubric.

Even if a submission scores need work here, the badge will be awarded so long as it scores four or more points elsewhere.

That is unless an engagement question or activity forms part of the criteria, in which case the submission will fail on criteria. The Getting Started and Writing Evidence badges are good examples of this.

Slide 4: Engagement – needs work indicators

So, what would direct us towards marking this factor as needs work. Some of these might seem obvious.

If there is no mention of any discussion or involvement of others within the submission, then we’d score this as needs work.

Just like we would if there is no mention of encouraging others to achieve the same badge or explore the learning materials for themselves.

Sometimes people do mention others, for example colleagues or managers, within their evidence – but it is not clear how this specifically relates to the work they have done for the badge. For example, they might say "I occasionally have meetings with my supervisor about my learning" Unfortunately, this isn’t enough and would be scored as needs work. Or they might mention something from many months ago before they even started the badge – again, this would be scored as needs work because the engagement needs to be around their learning activities for the badge.

Slide 5: Engagement – satisfactory indicators

Hopefully in your time as an assessor you'll see very little of that and more of something like this. And this is what we'd look for in a satisfactory score for the engagement factor.

Evidence the learner has had discussions, specifically about their activities for this badge, with others.

That they have actively sought feedback from people who use their service. Again, specifically about their activities for this badge.

Or there's evidence they have actively encouraged others, or have a plan to encourage others, to make use of the same learning opportunity.

If any of these conditions are met, then the submission should score satisfactory for engagement.

Slide 6: Engagement – excellent indicators

But what if the learner has gone above and beyond this.

Here are some indicators that should lean us towards scoring excellent.

Firstly, if the learner provides detail about what was discussed and explains the significance of this to their learning, then that suggests an excellent score is in order.

As would talking about how the discussion helped them identify improvements they can apply in their practice.

If rather than just encouraging or sign-posting people to take part, the learner is actively facilitating the participation of others in the badge then this would also point us towards and excellent score for the engagement factor. Perhaps they have arranged a meeting, led a discussion, or supported others to get started.

It's important to remember that anyone can do this, not just managers or supervisors. Even a support worker can facilitate a discussion with peers and help them meet the engagement requirement for badge – so if they talk about doing this in their evidence, we should reward them with an excellent score.

Slide 7: Activity

For the last time, I've prepared examples of real submissions for you to look at. You’ll find instructions below this video.

First, look at each of them and decide how you would score them for engagement. Don't worry about getting it right at this stage, this is just a practice activity. Once you’ve done this, you'll see how an SSSC assessor scored the same submission along with their rationale for this and what feedback they'd give to the learner.

Consider how your scores compare to the SSSC assessor and take a short note of what you learned from this activity in the reflection box below.

I'll see you in the next video, where you will watch me assess applications using all of the factors together.

Slide 8: Thank you

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The engagement factor considers the extent to which the badge applicant has involved other people in their learning or has assisted in the development of others.

As assessors we are looking for the submission to demonstrate the learner has spoken to other people, like their manager, during their learning to make sure they are on the right track. We would also be looking for evidence they encouraged or actively helped in the development of others by sharing what they learned or by promoting the learning resource within their workplace.

You will be asked to choose between three options when assessing this factor; needs work, satisfactory and excellent. Below are a few indicators of what you should look for in making your decision.

Needs work indicators

Learner does not appear to have discussed what they learned with anyone.
Learner has not promoted or raised awareness of the learning opportunity.
Learner mentions discussions with others but either in a historical context or in some other way irrelevant to their activities for this badge.

Satisfactory indicators

Learner has discussed their activities for this badge with either colleagues, their manager or tutor and has written something about this discussion.
Learner sought feedback from people using their service during the course of the learning and used this to inform how they can improve their practice.
Learner mentions at least one thing they will do to promote the learning resource to others.

Excellent indicators

Learner talks in some detail about the discussion they had.
Learner explains how the discussion influenced the actions they intend to take to improve their practice.
Learner takes the lead within their workplace to promote the same learning opportunity to others and has already encouraged people to take part.
Learner helps to encourage and facilitate discussions amongst others working towards the same badge.

Failing to achieve satisfactory will not necessarily result in a badge being declined. However, if an engagement activity is required by the badge criteria then not addressing this should result in a criteria fail.

Try assessing a few submissions and see how your scores compare to the original decision. Complete the activity below before moving on to watch an SSSC assessor work through all of the factors while they score applications for a badge.

Activity: Practice assessments

10 minutes

You are going to assess five examples of real submissions for the Writing evidence for Open Badge applications. Read through each and select how you score them for engagement. At the end of the activity your scores will be compared to those of an SSSC assessor.

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